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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH MARCH, 1894.
in June on account of ill-health; and his regimental duties have since prevented his return. Half a dozen different instructors were in charge of physical drill during the latter half-year. From personal observation, I cannot say that I am hopeful of the success to be expected from the appointment of a private to this duty. A Public School Cadet Corps was formed at the suggestion of the Inspector of Schools; but as it, very naturally and properly, is confined to boys in non-Chinese dress, the desir- ability of forming a Chinese Cadet Corps, with simple uniform, white gaiters and red sashes, might hereafter be considered. Some of our Chinese masters would, with a little training, make excellent officers; and the desire to qualify for admission might excite a deeper interest in the physical exercises. 16. ANNUAL EXAMINATION.--The total number examined was 625, of whom 583 or 93 per cent. passed. Though the percentage is lower than last year, there is no evidence of inferiority, either of teaching or of work, which are both fully up to the average. The three sections of the College are thus represented :-
Boys examined
Passed percentage.
1893. 1892.
Upper School, Lower School,
Preparatory,
1893. 1892.
.190
179
90 90
....280 ......155
294
92
97
198
96 100
A trite saying may be none the less true, therefore, I can only repeat, what it has been my good fortune to be able honestly to report year after year, that the whole staff, English and Chinese, deserves the highest praise for the results of the past year. I have found abundant evidence of excellent tuition in every class; and after careful enquiry have discovered that in those classes, (e.g. IV.B. VI.A.) where the number of failures at first sight appears appalling, the explanation is, either the boys have been naturally dull, or by an unfortunate concatenation of circumstances the dregs of certain classes have settled as a sediment in one class. I desire also to draw attention to those cases, chiefly in the larger sections of classes, where by careful attention to the lazy and dull boys at the bottom of the class, several failures have been creditably averted. The outlook for next year, especially as regards the Upper School, is most promising; and there is every ground for expressing confidently the expecta- tion that if the present rate of improvement continue, the reputation of the College will be considerably enhanced in the next few years.
17. The usual tables of the number of boys examined and passed in each subject, and of percent-
passes are here subjoined
-ages of
TABLE I-NUMBER OF BOYS PASSED IN EACH SUBJECT, 1893.
CLASS.
Total No. Examined.
Total No. Passed.
Colloquial.
Reading.
Arithmetic.
Dictation.
English to Chinese.
Chinese to English.
Grammar.
Geography.
Map Drawing.
Composition.
History.
Algebra.
Euclid.
General Intelligence.
Book-keeping.
Shakespeare.
Latin.
I.A., I.B.,
1.c.,
II.A.,
...
11
11
11
21 15 20
10 7 8 9 8
20
30
II.B.,
21
III.A.,
III.B.,
25
III.C.,
31
IV.A.,
IV.B.,
30
IV.C.,
·NNA 00 20 00~~-
27 29
21
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11 11
3 11 11 11
6
11
10
2
8
8
10
15
13
20
30 24 23 19
19 21 20 21 20
41 39 33 40 36 36 36 40
25 23 25 24
23 25
31 28 31 26 24
48 46 40 47 29 39
22 18 25 23 15
28 17 14
25 13 17
V.A.,
48 47 41 45 48 41
V.B.,
24 24 18 24 22 22
V.C.,
27 25 21
VI.A.,
VI.B.,
VII.A.,.
47 41 27
31 30 21
37 36
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21 25
38 19
25 22
36 36 25
VII.B.,.
31 30
28
29
VIII.A.,
29 29
29 26 29
28
VIII.B.,
41
37
38 40 32
VIII.C.,
17 17
17 17 17
37 16
Total,.
625 583 372|609 518 478 492 492 | 380 360 240353|149|122
83
66
32 31 25
do.,
Examined in each Subject,...(1893) 470 625 625 625 573 573 538 470 280 392 190 173 | 134 |
Do.
...(1892, 473 671 671 671 620 620 577 | 473 294 370 179 | 153 | 153 92
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67 53 51
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